Safe-lock



3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

J. WHITEL SAFE LOOK.

PafentedPe b. 12, 1884.

Invent-r- N. PETERS. Phutu-Llmo n hw. Waslungmn. D.c

(No Model.) 3 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. WHITE.

SAFE LOOK.

No. 293,388 Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

- 3*Sheets-Sh'et J. WHITE.

SAFE LOOK.

(No Model.)

No.2 93,388 Patented Feb 12, 1884.

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T D STATES tartar @trrcn.

JAMES wnirn, or CANTON, onto.

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SPECIFICATION forming a of Letters Patent No. 293,388, dated February12, 1884.

' l Application filed May 23. 1883. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it TIMI/hf concern-.-

Be it known thatl, JAMEsNVHITE, aciti. zen of the United States,residing atCanton;

in the county of Stark and State of-Ohio, have invented certain newELHClllfiQ-flll Improvements in Looking Mechanism for Safes, of whichthe following is a specification; reference being.

had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

- tion of part of the devices shownin Fig-"1 Figure 1 is an. insideelevation of a safe-.

doorhaving my improvements applied thereto, this figure showing alsoinsection the side walls of the safe. Fig.2 is an inside elevaon a largerscale. Fig.3 is a-view, partly in horizontal section, on theaxis of thearbor, and showing also some of the devices inside of the safeintop'plan. Fig. 4:is a vertical section of, the front wall of the safe,showing the arbor in side elevation, showing also a part of the insideof one of the side walls in elevation,

audone of the plates of said wall in section. Fig. 5 is a side view ofthe crank-wheel detached. Fig. 6 is an end view of the same. Fig. 7 is aface view of the camonth e tumbler shaft orspindle. Fig. Sis aviewshowing in horizontal section a portion of the draw-bar connected withthe bolts, and showing in top plan the plate or bar with which saidlockingbarcan be detachably connected, and a part the springcombinedwith of theswinging lever which engages with the arbor. Fig. 9is a view ofthe handle-support,

partly in section, Fig. 10 is a sectional View.

of the loose sleeve on the arbor-spindle. Fig. 11 is an inner endview-of the same. Fig. 12

is an outer end view. Fig. 13 shows detached the handle at the outer endof the arbor. i i

I The main frame-work of the safethe top, bottom, and sides thereof-maybe constructed in. any suitable way, though I prefer to make these partsin the manner which .I'hav'e shown and described in another application.

corner of the door.

In the drawings, A represents generally the door, constructed of plates,preferably in the manner which I have shown in theaforcsaid application,and uponthe inside of this are 'mounted the locking-bolts." These boltscon:

sist of arms B B, arranged inpairs at each One of each pair projectslaterally and the other vertically across the vertical and horizontaledges of the door,

; r M y The arms of each pair are carried by a hub,-B,

which also carries a lever-arm, B The two pairs of arms, near thehinges, are connected by a verticallink or bar, 0, and the other twopairs are connected by a bar or link, 0",

the two links being pivotally connected to the upper and lowerlever-arms B D D are supplemental bolt-armssituated near the centralhorizontal line of the door. and adapted to be thrust laterally outwardbeyond the edges thereof. These are pivoted at d, and haveinwardly-projecting lever-arms D which are pivoted also to the links orbars 0 C". All of these locking-bolts areoperated simultaneously bymeans of a lever, E. E E the arm E being pivoted to the link 0, the

arm E being pivoted to the arm C and the 7 arm E being pivoted to thelocking draw-bar R. The said draw-bar extends to or nearly to the edgeof, the door, and there is attached to the devices by which it isoperated.

1 Q, is a lever pivoted to the inside of one of the stationary walls,and at a point part way- .up it is provided with a slotted arm, Q, bywhich the lever is held in place. At the upper end it is secured byscrews to the plate or barBL It is provided with a socket or recess at.or near the upper ,end, and in this is pivoted an 811111 1, fastened bythe pivot g. This arm I carries an inwardly-projecting stud, pin, or,bar, S, which is situated above a series of tumblers, J J J, eachprovided with a notch and pin so related that when they are properlyrotated o'r rocked the notches can be all brought into line beneath thestud or bar S. When the stud or bar S does drop into these notches, arecess or notch, I, in the outer end of the arm is permitted to dropdown to engage with a pin, H, which and the operation of which will behereinafter described.

K is a cam mounted upon the axis of the tumblers J, and having that partof it with the I longer radius so arranged as to lift up the pin or barS to throw the part. I away from the pin H.

edge of the cam. The cam K and the tumbler of the series are operated bymeans of the spur-wheel L, mounted upon the outer end of N is a smallroller monnted upon the or barS, and arranged in the vertical. plane, ofthe cam K, so that it can roll upon the "latter in place. v

the shaft which carries the cam and tumblers, thrown out of engagementwith thepin H. Af-

said wheel meshing with another, M, of the same diameter. This latter iscarried by the arbor O D E. The arbor is constructed in a superiormanner, so as to prevent drilling, and also prevent its being driveninward or being drawn outward. The main and outer portion, 0, has acylindrical part, c, and a conical part, c, the conical part narrowingoutwardly, and being fitted into the plates of the wall of the safe insuch manner that it is impossible to draw it outward. At 0 there is ashoulder between. the conical portion and the cylindrical part, whichshoulder abuts also against parts of the wall and prevents the arborfrom being driven inward. The part 0 is screwthreaded, and by the threadis attached to the intermediatecrank-wheel, D. I have so constructedthis crank-wheel that there are no through apertures or holes in it.Therefore there is less danger of its permitting the safe to be tamperedwith than when constructed as heretofore.

. E represents the spindlesportion, which is formed or provided with abase-plate, c, that is fastened against the inner face of the crankwheelD by means of screws. The spindle E projects inward across a recess oropen space formed in the inner part of the wall and rests in a seat at Win one of the wall-plates.

Between the end of the spindle and the bottom of the seat-there isplaced a steel disk or button, V, which is supported loosely therein,and which, when there is any pressure exerted on the outer end of thearbor, will revolve with the shaft or spindle, and thus assist inpreventing drilling.

F is a sleeve mounted upon the spindle E, and fitted snugly thereto. Itcarries an ear, F, with a pin, H, which revolves parallel to the spindleE. It is so revolved by means of a crank-pin, G, carried by the wheelD,which latter, when the arbor'is revolved, will sooner or later strikeagainst the ear F and apply power to the pin H. When said pin is inengagement with the bar I, by reason of the latter having been allowedto fall far enough to have the notch I surround the pin, the powertransmitted as above described, by the crank-pin G, to the pin H willresult-in pushing the arm I and bar'R longitudinally. After theengagement with the'pin H and arm I has been effected, a movement of thearbor in the direction of arrow 2 will cause the pin G to bear againstthe side of the ear F, and thus the arbor can be caused to push the armI in the direction of arrow 1, and thereby draw the bolts across theedge of the door and lock the While the arm I is being drawn far enoughin the direction of said arrow 1 to lock the door, the cam or eccentricK is being rotated upon its spindle far enough to have its outer portioncome below the stud or bar S and throw it out of the notches in thetumblers'-that is to say, said stud or pin is thrown upward until itrides above thenotches of the tumblers, the arm I being consequentlytack with a drill.

back and forth a sufficient number of times until I accomplish thedesired purpose. Upon the outside of the safe there is a numbereddial-plate, which may be of any preferred nature. As the power forsliding the bolts is transferred through the arbor, it is desirable toapply such power advantageously at the outer end of the arbor. This Ieffect by means ofa handle, WW, pivotally connected to the axial part ofthe arbor.

Y is a disk having a central seat or recess adapted to fit upon theprojection ctonthe part 0 of the arbor, and carrying a ball or enlargedprojection, Y. In the latter there is formed a slot to receivethefiattened portion of the handle proper, the latter being secured by ascrew or bolt, 3 The parts Y Y are secured to the part 0 of the arbor bymeans of the screw 0, which is inserted from the -bottom of the slot 9,and which, therefore, after the parts are joined, is perfectlyconcealed. The removal of the handleproper and of the parts Y Y will notassist'in gaining access by way of the arbor to the interior of thesafe.- When the handle is at right angles to the axial part, it can beused as a crank for the application of considerable power to the arbor.When it is desired to rotate or oscillate the arbor rapidly it can bedone by swinging the crank upward'or outward in a line with the axialpart. In order to hold it with a sufficient rigidity thus in line withthe inner part, I employ a spring, preferably of the constructionshownthat is to say, having the arms if, the central part, y", tendingto be thrust outward, -and which engages with a socket or recess, j, inthe end of the handle. When engaged with said socket or recess, itovercomes the gravity of the handle and holds it in line with the arbor.However the force of the spring is not so great but that by a slightpush in the proper direction the handle can be again thrust into anangular position.

The arbor is made of steel and iron of several alternate layers, and sotwisted andotherwise treated as to have it fully resist any at- When thebolts are withdrawn, the outward movement of the door is permitted, fromthe fact that the bar R can move away from the plate or bar'R, theapertured part of bar R escaping from the pin r in said plate or bar B.When the door is again pushed in, the pin 0 passes into the aperture inthe plate It, and the connection is again made between the bolts and thelever Q and armI.

What I'claim is- 1 1. In a safe, the combination of the bolts IIO ,securedto the inner face or the door, the arbor l intermittently connectthe bolts with the a rpassing through the stationary front wall of thesafe at right angles to the door when thelatter is closed, thepermutation devices supported stationarily upon the front stationarywall of the safe, and arranged substantially as set forth, to beoperated bythe arbor, means, constructed and operating substantially asdescribed, which connect the bolts with the arbor, and devices,

substantially as described, which throw the bolts out of engagement withthe arbor.

2. The combination of the arbor provided with the loose collarandprojecting pin, and means for preventing the complete rotation of thecollar and pin around the arbor,the bolts,

thearm I, means which engage said arm with the bolts, and thepermutation devices arranged, substantially as set forth, to throwjthearm I into and out of engagement with the loose pin on the arbor,substantially asset forth. r

3. In a safe, the combination of the bolts secured to the inside of thedoor,.thearbor passing through the front stationary wall of the safe atrightangles to the door when the latter is closed, the swinging leverorbar pivoted to the said stationary wall, a catch which automaticallyconnects said lever with the bolts when the door is shut, thepermutation devices interposed between the said swinging lever and thearbor, and means, substantially as described, operated by saidpermutationdevices, for intermittently connectingthe arbor with theswinging lever, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the arbor passing through the front stationarywall of the safe at right angles to the door when the latter is Qclosed, the spur-wheel on the inner end thereof, 40

the tumblers J, the cam K, spur-wheel L, arm I, adapted to be raised andlowered bythe cam and tumblers and to be engaged with the arbor, thebolts secured to the inner side of the door, and devices supported uponthe stationary wall of the safe, which connect the arborwith the bolt,substantially as set forth.

5. In a safe, the combination of an arbor situated in the frontstationary wall, and having itsinner end journaled in a fixed bearingindependent of the bearing for the outer end, the bolts secured to theinside of the door at one side of the arbor, and the devices whichconnect the arbor with the bolts, substantially as and for the purposesset forth. 1

6. The combination of "the arbor having upon the inner side of the safean inwardlyprojecting spindle, a bearing for the inner end looselysupported on the arbor, the crank-pin H, carried by said sleeve, thepermutation devices operated by the arbor, the bolts on the inside ofthe door, and the means which bor, substantially as set forth.

8. In a safe, the combination of the arbor. V

1 the aforesaid lever which operates the bolts,

substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with the outer part of the arbor,which tapersoutwardly, and is provided with a shoulderadapted to bear against theplates of the wall, of the wheel or intermediate portion secured to theouter partby a screw thread, and the inwardly projecting spindlemountedat its inner end in the wall of the safe, substantially as setforth.

10. In a'safe, the combination of an arbor having the outer portion, G,formed with a conical part, c, the shouldered part stand the threadedportion '0, and the wheel D, having the outwardly-projecting conicalpart and the inner inverted conical part, and united to the part 0 by ascrew-thread, and provided with the eccentric pin G, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

11. In a safe, the combination of an arbor having the part 0, formedwith an outwardlynarrowing portion,'whereby it is prevented from beingdrawn outward, and an inwardlynarrowing portion, whereby it is preventedfrom being driven inward, a bar or arm for conecting the arbor with thebolts, a crankpin which connects the arbor with said bar, and a wheel orsupport for said pin, secured to the said part 0 of the arbor, and ofgreater diameter, substantially as set forth 12. In a safe, thecombination of the arbor, the permutation devices connected with andoperated by the arbor, the bolts adapted to be operated by the arbor, alaterally-swinging lever, and a vertically-swinging arm pivoted to saidlever, and adapted, substantially as set forth, to be engaged with anddisengaged from the aforesaid swinging lever, as described.

18. The combination of the bolts, the sliding bar carried by the doorfor' operating the bolts, a bar which travels to and fro and isattachedto the wall of the safe, a pin adapted to detachably connect thetwo aforesaid bars together, and means, substantially asdescribed,forconnecting the arbor to the bar which is attached to the wall of thesafe, and which moves to and fro, substantially as set forth. of saidspindle having a socket, and alooselymounted button situatedinsaidsocket at the a 14. The combination of the bolts, the lever Q, thelever I, pivoted thereto, the arbor, means, substantially as described,for intermittently engaging the arbor with the lever I,-

bolts, and means, substantially as set forth, for intermittentlyengaging said lever with the arbor, as described.

16. The combination of the bolts, the lever Q, arranged to swing inplanes transverse to the arbor, means, substantially such as described,for detachably connecting the bolts to said lever, and means,substantially such as described, for intermittently connecting the leverwith the arbor, as set forth.

17. The combination ofthe arbor, the bolts, a laterally-swinging lever,a bar or arm connected to said swinging lever, variable permutationdevices interposed between said bar or arm and the arbor, and operatedby the rotation of the latter, and means, substantially such asdescribed, for detachably connecting -the bolts with-thelaterally-swinging lever,

and thereby connecting them directly with the arbor which moves thepermutation devices, as described.

18. The combination of the laterally-swing ing lever Q, the bolts, thedraw-bar which op- 'erat'es the bolts, the pin 1 carried by the swinginglever and adapted to engage With said drawbar, the arbor, and means,arranged and op erating substantially as described, for inter-'mittently connecting said swinging'lever with \Vitnesses:

ALLEN OAkNEs',

H. R. SPENCER.

